Atlassian is arguably one of the greatest companies ever created in Australia. Alongside Canva, it stands as our greatest software export and something that continues growing and taking on its American and European rivals.
This post is a two-part deep dive on everything Atlassian, where it has come from and where it is going. Part 1 looks at the founding of Atlassian, some of the early pivots of Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar and the acquisitions that helped it grow to the size it is today.
Part 2 looks at where Atlassian is going from here. The biggest challenge and opportunity for Atlassian at the moment is their transition to the cloud. When Atlassian was founded, it was an on-premise product. When it IPO’ed in 2015, cloud deployment only represented 25% of revenues. The company now wants to move that to 100%.
This is a big moment of transition for Atlassian, and one that sees heightened risk but also great opportunity. This article is a great primer on everything you need to know about one of the great software businesses, not just from Australia but from around the world.
This is an excerpt from our Thought Starters email. Once a week we send you 5 interesting articles that have caught our attention, to get you thinking. No spam, we guarantee.